Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Cross-reference
Revelation 17:5 names the harlot 'Babylon the great', identifying the figure introduced here.
Revelation 17:4 describes the harlot's attire and golden cup, expanding the image introduced here.
In Revelation 17:7, this same angel offers to explain the mystery of the woman and beast, continuing the narrative.
Revelation 21:9 has the same angel offering to show the Bride—creating a deliberate contrast with the prostitute's judgment.
Revelation 19:2 declares God has judged the great prostitute, fulfilling the judgment shown here.
Revelation 18:16-19 elaborates the lament over Babylon's fall, the same judgment announced here.
Revelation 16:19 first names 'Babylon the great' receiving God's wrath, which the prostitute here personifies.
Revelation 15:1 introduces the seven angels with seven plagues—the same angelic group from which this speaker comes.
Revelation 11:8 identifies the great city as spiritually Sodom and Egypt — the same city that is the prostitute's seat.
Revelation 15:6 describes these bowl angels emerging in linen—providing visual context for the angel speaking here.
In Revelation 22:15, the sexually immoral are excluded from the holy city, contrasting the prostitute's followers.
Revelation 4:1 uses a similar 'Come, I will show you' invitation—parallel visionary formula.
Jeremiah 51:13 addresses Babylon 'dwelling by many waters', the phrase directly alluded to here.
Hosea 2:5 shows the unfaithful wife chasing lovers who provide her needs — directly parallels the harlot's pursuit of worldly power.
Zechariah 5:7 reveals a woman called Wickedness in a basket — a direct type of the great prostitute representing evil.
In Leviticus 17:7, 'playing the whore' to goat demons establishes the OT metaphor of idolatry as prostitution that Revelation's great prostitute symbolizes.
In Hosea 1:2, God commands Hosea to marry a whore, using the same metaphor of unfaithfulness to depict Israel's idolatry.
Ezekiel 16:30 continues the harlotry imagery, calling Jerusalem a brazen prostitute, closely parallel to Revelation's great prostitute.
Ezekiel 16:25 depicts Jerusalem as a harlot offering herself on every street, the same metaphor used for the great prostitute.
Isaiah 13:1 introduces the oracle against Babylon, the city later portrayed as the great prostitute in Revelation.
Psalm 137:8 pronounces doom on 'daughter of Babylon', which Revelation's great prostitute represents—judgment echoes OT Babylon's fall.
Psalm 106:39 directly says Israel 'played the whore' through idolatry, a clear OT type of the great prostitute's adultery.
Psalm 73:27 says God destroys those 'unfaithful' (playing the whore), directly connecting to the prostitute's unfaithfulness.
2 Chronicles 21:11 says Jehoram led Judah into 'whoredom', echoing the OT theme of spiritual adultery that the great prostitute embodies.
Judges 2:17 uses 'played the whore' for Israel's idolatry, directly paralleling the spiritual adultery of the great prostitute.
Jeremiah 51:25 pronounces judgment on Babylon as a destroying mountain, which Revelation identifies with the great prostitute.
Isaiah 57:5 condemns idolatrous harlotry under green trees, a spiritual adultery echoed in the great prostitute imagery.
Isaiah 17:12 uses 'many waters' as a metaphor for roaring nations, mirroring the 'many waters' the prostitute sits on.